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F; A. GRELLET. VEGBTABLE GUTTER.

No.' 470,671. Patented Mar. 15, 18921.

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FRANK A. GRELLET, O F NEW HAVEN,

PATENT OFFICE.

CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO BENJA- 4 MIN HEMMING AND OTTO HEMMING, OF SAMEPLACE.

VEG ETABLE-CUTTER.

` SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 470,671, dated March15, 1892.

Application tiled October l0, 1891.

serial 110,408,349. (No man.)

To a/ZZ whom t may concern: I

Be it known that l, FRANK A. GEELLET, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inVegetable-Cut ters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a machine for cutting cabbage or similarvegetable products, xo theobject being to provide suitable apparatus forautolnatically conveying the vegetables against acting cutters orslicing-knives adapted to continuously slice the material and deposit itin the holding-receptacle in suitable condition for use.

The invention consists in thenovel arrangement of a rotary cutter-headand cutters and combination therewith of the receiving-table and hopperand the endless conveyer, all as 2o hereinafter more fully described andclaim ed. In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification, Figure l is a plan view of my vegetable-cuttingl machine,and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 z 5 is an endsectional view represented as being viewed from the end opposite thecutter-head. Figs. 4 and 5 are front and side views of the cutter-head.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a 3o rotary cutter-head, whichis suitably secured `on a crank-shaft B, adapted to be driven by hand orby mechanical poweras'required. The said head is provided with a seriesof radial cutters c', here three in number, se cured to the headparallel therewith and raised therefrom by suitable lugs c, into whichthe holding-screws d are screwed. The bearings e of the crank-shaft aremounted upon a 4table F, through which the cutter-head pro- Two verticalparallel sides g are mounted on the table lengthwise therewith andadjacent to the cutters at that end, the space between the said sidesbeing set wholly to one side of the axis of the head, forming a hopperor trough for the reception of the vegetables. Suitable drums H, havingtheir journals z' in bearings j on the lower side of the table, arearranged with their upper surfaces slightly above the 5o table, and acanvas apron or belt T is passed around the drums to form a conveyer tofeed the cabbage or othervegetables against the cutters. The conveyerderives movement from the motion of the cutter-head by means of a seriesof cams 7c, corresponding to the cut- 5 5 ters, arranged on thecutter-head and adapted to engage and swing one arm Z ofa bell-cranklever pivoted on the table, the other arm Z engaging one end of ahorizontal liever P, which carries a hooked pawl R at the oppo- 6o siteend, adapted at each vibration to engage a tooth of the ratchet m, whichis secured on one of the drums of the conveyer. The lever is retractedby a spring n, and by this method the conveyer is fed forward a certaindistance each time a cutter passes the bed of the table, and inoperation when several cabbages or similar vegetables are placed in thehopper the cabbages which rest upon the table adjacent to thecutter-head will i be pushed for- 7o ward by those upon the conveyerandi will be uniformly sliced by the rotating cutters and automaticallyfed. The sliced material will drop through the table, where it may bedeposited in a suitable tray placed underneath the machine.

This machine is adapted to cut cabbage very rapidly and perfectly forthe purposes for whichv this vegetable is required-as, for

instance, the manufactureof sauer-krant, 8oV

which when made by hand; chopping-knives is expensive and inferior tothat produced by my improved means.

I claim- In a vegetable-cutter, the combination of a table, acutter-head and shaft mounted thereon and projecting beneath the bed ofthe table, a series of cutters or knives secured on said head, the sideboards forming a hopper or receptacle on one side of Vthe cutting-axis,9o the drums beneath said hopper, an apron rotating on said drumsforming a conveyer within the hopper, a driving ratchet or toothed wheelfor rotating the said conveyer, a series of cams on the cutter-head,levers or actuating mechanism adapted to be engaged by said cams inrotation, a pawl operated by said levers to actuate the said ratchet,and the retracting-spring, all arranged substantially in the manner andfor the purpose specified.

' FRANK A. GRELLET. Witnesses:

PHILIP POND, OTTO HEMMING.

